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Just in time for the day after Halloween! We finish off our trip through the films that are arguably Mel Brooks’ best with Young Frankenstein! This satirical homage to the classic Universal horror movies (but especially Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein) may be one of Brooks’ least madcap films but it is still a comedic masterpiece. Gene Wilder heads up a stellar cast that really chews scenery in black and white!
Next up, we’ll follow Madeline Kahn to Clue!
| Young Frankenstein (1974) | |
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Rating: 8.0/10 (168,554 votes) Director: Mel Brooks Writer: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman Runtime: 106 min Rated: PG Genre: Comedy Released: 15 Dec 1974 |
| Plot: An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. | |
This week’s episode was recorded live at the Trylon theater in Minneapolis. We watched Francis Ford Coppola’s classic thriller 
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